Horseshoe.



E. JAFFIE.

HORSESHOE.

//' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1914.

1 129,683 Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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ROBERT JAFIEIE, 0F WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed September 18, 1914. Serial No. 862,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT JAFFIE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Wilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne andState of Pennsylvania, have invented new anduseful Improvements inHorseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to farriery and particularly to horse shoes; thesaid invention relating more directly to that class of horse shoes knownas nailless shoes, the said shoes being held in place on the hoofs ofanimals by clamps which permit the ready application and removal of theshoe.

An object of this invention is to provide a horse shoe which is ofespecial value in preventing the slipping of horses where a snow fall orthe formation of ice on the street comes unexpectedly and wheretemporary roughening of the horse is desirable, although a shoeembodying the present invention can be used for long periods of timeunder other conditions, as for instance, where the hoof becomes diseasedor has acquired a crack or is so impaired as to make it inadvisable touse the ordinary nailed shoe. It is to be noted that the calks may beremoved from he shoe during the summer months and reapplied when theshoe is to be used during the winter months.

A further object of this invention is to provide a horse shoe of thecharacter indicated which will operate to compress the hoof so thatquarter cracks or other defects may be cured, notwithstanding the animalis being used, as it has been found in practice that the animal will notexperience discomfiture from such diseased hoof while the shoe, formingthe subject matter of this invention, is used, as provision has beenmade for so regulating the compression as to adjust the clamping memberto suit particular requirements.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsin the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a horse shoeembodying the invention; Fig. 2 illustrates a plan View thereof; Fig. 3illustrates a view in front elevation; and Fig. 4 illustrates a View inrear elevation.

In these drawings 5 denotes the body of the shoe having heel calks 6 anda toe calk 7, which calks may be of any ap ropriate type but are hereshown as provi ed with serrated tread surfaces 8 which better preventslipping or accidental displacement of the shoe where slippery road bedsare encountered.

At the front or toe of the shoe, I provide an abutting plate 9 againstwhich the front of the hoof may press and this abutting place is ofrather rigid construction so as to be unyielding, notwithstanding thehard Wear to which it is subjected. It is preferably secured to thefront of the shoe by fastenings 10 which may be in the form of rivets,screws, or the like. At each side of the shoe, I secure a hinge 11', towhich a curved clamping plate 12 is secured, the said clamping platebeing thereby swingingly secured to the shoe. Each clamping plate is ofcurved formation and is of such configuration as to lie on the outersurface of the hoof of a horse extending from a point at or near theheel to points at or near the toe so that the said clamping plates quitefully envelop the hoof, so that pressure may I be exerted for thepurposes heretofore stated. Each plate has at its forward edge an ear 13apertured to receive a bolt 14, by which the clamping sections are drawntogether to retain the shoe in place and, as has been stated, theclamping action may be increased or diminished according to theadjustment of the nut 15 on the said bolt. The heel of the shoe 5 isfurther provided with a hinge 16 to which a clamping member 17 issecured, the said clamping member being in position to be drawn againstthe rear ends of the clamping plates so that the said ends of theclamping plates may be forced against the rear of the hoof, thisarrangement of parts being quite well shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bar 17has slots 18 which receive the straps 19, the said straps being intendedto encircle the hook of the horse and be secured by the buckle 20, sothat the straps may be drawn taut to adjustably force the bar againstthe rear of the clamping plates.

From an inspection of the drawing and from consideration of theforegoing description, it Will be apparent that when the shoe is appliedto the hoof of a horse, the bolt and nut may be manipulated to draw theclamping plates tightly against the outer surface of the hoof and thatthe straps 19 may be drawn to force the bar 17 so that it compresses therear ends of the clamping member and forces them against the rear of thehoof, thereby causing a retention of the shoe on the hoof and exertingsuch pressure as Will tend to compress a quarter crack, or other strainincident to the use of the animal.

1 claim A horse shoe having an upwardly extending plate at the toethereof forming an abutment, a hinge secured to the shoe at each side, aclamping plate secured to each of the hinges, means for drawing theforward ends of the clamping plates together to exert pressure on thehoof, a bar hingedly secured to the shoe at the heel and adapted tocompress the rear ends of the clamping plates, and a flexible memberconnected to the said bar for holding the bar in engagement with theclamping plates.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ROBERT J AFFIE. \Vitnesses \VM. Bnnws'rnn, DAVID OPPENHEIM.

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